John Sherman to promote risks of AI for CAIS; former CNN spokesperson Matt Dornic joins Under Armour
John Sherman, a Peabody Award-winning journalist and founder/CEO of Storyfarm in Baltimore, has joined the San Francisco-based Center for AI Safety as Director…
Gallaudet University students create global sign name for Coca-Cola
Gallaudet University, the D.C.-based institution for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, announced that a group of university students created and presented The Coca-…
Meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts returns to WRC in D.C.
Lauryn Ricketts has returned to the Storm Team4 Weather Center at WRC in DC after living abroad for two years. Ricketts left WRC in August 2022…
A new book on life’s lessons by agency owner David Warschawski
Baltimore marketing communications agency owner David Warschawski announced the launch of his book, “30 Rules To Live By,” that according to a release is “a beautifully…
Ironmark acquires Vista One
Ironmark announced the acquisition of Vista One, a franchise-focused digital marketing agency based in Gadsden, AL, specializing in lead generation and social media direct response…
Muck Rack announces launch of global Press Release distribution
Muck Rack announced the launch of global Press Release distribution which, states a release, enables PR pros to manage their entire earned media strategy, from planning…
Jason Anders joins WaPo as Managing Editor
The Washington Post named Jason Anders as Managing Editor of its News Hub, a newly created leadership role tasked with leading and building the publication’s…
Agency Updates: ROKK Solutions, Nahigian Strategies and Weber Shandwick
Annaleigh Mills joins ROKK Solutions as Data & Insights Director, leading its Data Science practice. Mills, shown above, previously served as the research manager for APCO’…
Sarah Frostenson exits WaPo for New York Times
Sarah Frostenson is exiting The Washington Post for the D.C. bureau of the New York Times as an assistant editor focused on developing and executing…
Skype, the pioneering online video calling service, ended May 5
Skype, the pioneering online video calling service that has been around for more than two decades, ended service May 5. According to NPR, Microsoft, which owns…
Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
The Baltimore Banner won a Pulitzer Prize in the Local Reporting Category for its exploratory investigative series focusing on Baltimore’s opioid crisis with an overdose…
Lamar Advertising acquires Premier Outdoor Media
Premier Outdoor Media, a leading independent operator of out-of-home advertising assets throughout the Northeast Corridor, “divested its OOH assets to Lamar Advertising Company,” states…
Equiniti completes acquisition of Notified and GlobeNewswire
Equiniti (EQ), a global leader in shareholder services, completed its acquisition of Notified, provider of public relations and investor relations solutions from West Technology Group, LLC.…
Sign of the times: QVC moving beyond TV “to find growth”
In a sign of the times for cable TV, the legacy home shopping brand QVC Group says that it is laying off approximately 900 staffers and…
Nick Iannelli named WTOP’s evening anchor
Nick Iannelli has been named the evening anchor at WTOP. In a social media post, Iannelli wrote: “You can find me anchoring each evening now on…
